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EDITOilS ar..l rROPRTETOIlS.
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i y&SIXESS DIRECTORY
r?TtmmmwL.mvmrmw I'utn. wow
Allomeyc at Law.
RjjS KAE.ET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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County Superintendent of Public In
struction. IT
A. II. KOWEX.
JAS. LAIRD.
UV WJEW & ILAER
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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
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afvlf i practice in oil the Courts of
the Slate.
JTOIATA 1723SA3KA
CoLi, Karqubtt & Moore,
tfNCOLX, NEBRASKA.
nfiiH will hr.
term
" the Dixtrict Court of iho xururil
in ott nuance at cnrti
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r. e. riji.cox. j. s. giliiam,
Wfillesx c& (Sl-ilhasia
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will Practice in all the Courts oFthe
h'tate.
BSf Collection Piomptly Attended to
OFFICE IM POST OFFICE
13UIL.DINO.
IteiPCIoud. ... Neb.
B A N-KER S,
X AND DEALERS IN
BGfAJLi ES5PASE.
tiASTlNGsT- - - NEB." '
Promi't attention alven to Collections. -fG'G
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W. S. ICIIARDSON, J. A. TCLLEYS
Richardson 61 Tulloys,
HBA12STAT3&
COL'OTINS AGENTS
Will buy and sell Real Estilo on Coinmia
EioB. nml iay tnxe (or non-rc5ilcnt!.
Siiccial attcntj.in rivui to collection.'!, l-or-re?iMn
Jf nre 6olicitt-l. AU loiters of imiuir'.
J or oa business promptly answered.
'REDUMJUD, NEB.
fa. W. Dokslv.
CapL l1- I. Pnvssnx.
.Notary i'ublic.
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Re! Estate Bsalars,
JLJiTaroN - - - eb.
TIavecontintlyfor?alo ft larso wwntlty
.? of ehoVo Lands in .uthrrn Nebraska.
i Alooburandfc.l wnd on Ctoiamon and
1 Jay .Taxes lor nou-rcsidcuts.
I xra- At'cntion also piven to the proso;n
1 . UB. rJli:. lmfm-i. the local Jind ceneral
I ffloClcd Secretary of the Interior.
U. E. Freeman,
jrflATA,
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Bays nd sells Western Securities.
$&ScJiool Bond a Specialty.
bijck hou&s:,
I rflBASKLlN,NEB.
i iccomwoJofioH, iucry and
I Feed Stall.
ja. Clede House
gtdClHd, Nebraska.
AjjWTiAHSS. - - Jrc?rietcr-
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Md.ll IrUTS US thU Hotel.
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OIovertosiHoiis
0LOVERT0N, NEBRASKA.
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.proprietor.
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i. Good Beds, and Square
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of tbe Travelling fuo-
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VOL. II.
PB0CT0B HOUSE,
G. D. PROCTOR, Proprietor,
E332GH, 1T23HASHA.
The Travclinc Public Will Cndthu Hotel to
be Cri"t claw in every raipect.
JarCarriagfj ror.g daily to Bolvicere. the
onarest station on tho Sl Joe il). C. It. R
VALLEY HOUSE!
Red Cloud, Nebraska.
JOS. 0. WARNER, - - Proprietor
Thi Hotel la entirely new. having been
bnilt be prcaonucaioii, and ii filled up with
rcesnl to
Oe2P0B7"AKM00ir72HI3ir02. '
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'BoYrD BY TnE DAY & WEEK
At reasonable rates.
A larse and cnrainodtnns 3TONK 55TA
BLK baa jut been added to the promise.
C2&y Meat Mas.5;et.
BSARX H. WARNER,
ITn3 jstsL opened a Mea.t Market on
Webster Street, next door f-outh of
Paric'h Shot '' j where lie will keep
and sell fresh nieuta of all kinds.
II IG IIEST MARKET PRICE PAID
FOR BEEF CATTLE, HOGS,
AND HIDES.
Red Cloud. - - - - Ueb.
KEM-ffAESE) BARJiK,
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Hastings,
CV.B laLi- ua
Nebraska.
This 0 lablishmcnt has just been fitted up
111 goo I H- If. and is juntthe plaoo to enjoy
a irau:o of Ldliird.
Tbe bcs?t KUMiie.i ntthe bar. 4J-0m
Br. T. B. WiLLlArtlS,
ITaisiilly !P2aysicaEi,
Tenders his services to the public and
will attend to all Professional calls.
OSco at the Red Cloud Drue Store.
J. D. POST, Proprietor.
flavins fitted up n large Stable is prepared
at all times to furnis-h room and feed for team
Lircry rips on short notice.
Stable West of ths Valley Ecase, '
H. C. WEBER,
"Would ntin'Ounco to tho people of Red
Cloud nnd a ii'hiity that ho is preparM to do
nil hinds of J Mnon work on short notice ind
rcftponrtblo tenin. All orfltsrsraay bo left at
this oflioo oral bis residence four nufss n rth
orsJ of Red Cload, bo, . 1W. town 2, ranso 10
vrcist.
Miss A. MwesscII,
Would respectfully inform tho Ladies of Red
Cloud and vicinity that sho i pro
paredto execute orders for
MILL IESTE3I&Y,
DressaBi3aking
AND
PLAS? SEVING of all Kinds.
On hand and for eale a fine assortment of
LACES, VEILS,
KID GLOVES.
LADIES HATS, &c
Kiss S. A. RESELL,
fin ilcXitl's BuildinB.l
BED CLOUD, - - KEB.
TAIIMAGlt
TKE CHRISTIAN AT WORK.
"TUE REST RELIGIOUS TAPER"
A Choiec of
TWO BEATTIFGL PREMIUMS.
An Illuminated Portfolio of xcxq
fJcms bv Hontwcfccl. cacti sxiv in:!
AGENTS WANTED.
ximer
or the suiwrb unromo, itt .
22x2i? in., after Landeer. Price 3io
including postage. Nn estraa of any
kind. Without premium $3;U0 a year.
L .!' -"f
Iabral eosnits'ens and csciuMve tcrno
Caiu&toaccto HORATIO a KINGy Pobluner.
17-ti Box 5105, New lors."
RED
J, G. POTTER
Takes this method to Inform the Public that he has Just
openod up a new and complete Stock of
D&Y GOODS & CROOEKEES, ;
Qonmtinrj m part of
CALICOESfDARK, LIGHT ,t PINK,
CHAMRRE-S: DKLATNBS, LAWNS,
4 DRESS TRIMMINGS & LININGS,
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A - I t$lJZ)j&2lXpiJ ';sfsimj'u.vi'V'-vx. -
TABLE L NENS. &TU v l,btx And f
I' AXIS, UV j!.li-AiiijO a, 0u.n.i.x-i.ivj, .Jbe
3SSS cS SMOSSt MATS dfc CAPS,
COFFEE, SUGARS & TEAS of all Kinds,
Canned Fruits, Oysters and Crackers,
Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos,
FLOUR, EfflEAL & BAGGED
And everything usually kept in a First Class Dry Goods & Grocery Store.
-I. Potter, W
Red CIcud, Nebraska.
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W, L. VAHAL8TYEBE
MJ3IPV O UJ9
LUftlBER.
raw it"
:, Blinds
Sash' PJoisldsngs
Lima, Tarred Paper, Etc
And every Article usually kept in a First Class Lumber Yard.
I GUARANTEE TO DUPLICATE ANY BILL THAT CAN BE GOT
AT JUNIATA OR HASTINGS.
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I am now as in the past, ready to supply my customers and the public
generally, with anything in the Hardware line, at prices that defy competi
tion. My motto is
"Small Profits and Quick Sales, for the Ready CASH I"
I keep a general assortment of Hardware and a full line of
F A R 83 Efl A O H I M E R Y,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, NAILS, and HOUSE
TRIMMINGS. TINWARE, CARPENTERS
and MASONS TOOLS, SADLERS HARD
WARE, a full assortment.
FORKES, SHOVELS, SPADES, HOES, WAGON SEAT SPRINGS,
&C, &C. Also BROOMS, SUGAR BOXES, BASKETS,
and BATH BRICK. ,
Ba. B. RSGHiTT
ISed Com!, ------ Nebraska.
OSWALD OLIVER, T. J. PAKDOE
THE CM3GAGO LUMBER YARD I
AT
HASTINGS, -';; NEB
Keeps constantly on hand the largest stock of Dry Pint Lumber in the
West. Also
EILIOOS, MOUXiBjOrGS, XJ3U2.
and all kinds of
SSriE-lIJ HATEBIAL,
Our stock is frell selected and purchased direct from the rafts, aad wiflbe
sold as lovr as the lowest.
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Hastings, Hebraska.
CLOUD, NEBRASKA
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, r375.
C03:i SCK3.
zr 3. a WBHTtlK.
llap hih the farmer' wiatcry hoarl t
Heap high the golden corn :
No richer gift tho autumn pouted
From out her lavish horn.
Let other land, czultin?. glean
The apple fruin the pino;
Tho :rinso from its glassy sreen.
Tho cl inter from the vine.
Wo better lov the hirdy sift
Our ragged vales bestow.
To cheer us when ths flora shall drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Through vals of grass and dowers
Onr plows their furrows made.
While on tho hills tho sun and shorr en
Of changeful April played.
it dropped th teod o'rohill. ad pUin.
eaeSlh taoVuff tf?TfT -i-
rihtencd from our sprouting grain
! robber ciows away.
All through tho long bright days of Juno
its leaves srew bright and fair.
And waved in hot midsummer noon.
Its soft and snowy hair.
And now with autumn's moonlit eyes.
Its harvest tiino is come:
Wo pluck away its frosty leves.
And bear its treasures home,
Then richer than the fabled gifts
Apollo phowcrcd of old.
Fair bands the broken grains shall sift.
And knead its meal of gold.
Let vapid idcrs roll in silk,
Around tho costly board;
Give us the bowl or samp and milk,
By homespun beauty poured.
Then shame on all tho pruod and vain,
Whoso folly laughs to scorn
Tho blessing of our hardy grain:
Our wealth of golden corn.
Let earth withhold her goodly root:
Let mildew blight the ryo;
Give to tho warm tho orchard fruit.
And wheat fields to the fly.
But let the good old crop adorn
Tho hills our fathers trod :
Still let us for his golden corn
Send up our thaukh to fiod.
AN TSisirfAlE.
It was a little after midnight that
a knock camo to tho door of our cab
in. I heard it first for I used to
sleep in a little snug basket near the
fire ; but I didn't speak, for I was
frightened. It was still repeated
louder, and then cauleacry: "Con
Cregan! Con! I say! Open the
door! I want you!"
I knew the voice well. It was
Peter McCabc'i. But I pretended
to be fast asleep, and snored loudly.
(Aidant my. father unbolted the .door,
and I heard him say :
"Oh! Mr. Peter! what's the mat
ter? Is the ould man worse ?"
"Faix! that's what he is for he's
dead !" replied Peter,
"Glorvbe his bed! When did it
happen?"
"About an hour ago," said Peter,
in a voice that even I, from my cor
ner, could perceive was greatly agi
tated. "He died like an ould heath
en, Con ! and never made a will !"
"That's bad!" said my father for
he was always a polite man, and
said whatever was pleasing to the
company.
"It is bad !" siid Peter ; "hut it
would be worse if he couldn't help
it. Listen to me, Corney ! I waut
yo to help me in this business ; and
here are Gve guineas in gold if ye do
what I bid ye. You know that ye
were alwaj's reckoned 'the very image
of my father ; and before he took ill
ye were mistaken for each other every j
day of the weok."
"Arrah !" said my father for he
was getting frightened at the notion
without well knowing why.
"Well, what I want is for ye to
come over into the house and get in
to tbe bed."
"Not beside the corpse?" said my
father, trembling.
"By no means ; but by yourself.
And you're to pretend to be my fa
ther, and that ye want to make yer
will before ye die ; and then I'll send
for the neighbors and Billy Scanlan,
the schoolmaster, and ye'll tell him
whattowrite4 leaving all the farm
and everything to me yc understand!
And as the neighbors will see ye, and
hear yer voice, it will never bo believ
ed bnt it was himself that did it."
"The room must be very dark,'
says my father.
"To be sure it will ! But have no
fear. Nobody will dare to come nigh
the bed ; and ye'll only have to make
a cross with yer peu under the
name."
"And the priest?" said my father.
"My father quarreled with him
last week about the Easter dues, and
Father Tom said he'd cot give him
the rites and that's lucky now.
Come alons, now, quick! for we've
no time to lose. It must ba all fin
ished before the day breaks."
"AH right!" was the reply.
My father did net lose much time
at his toilet for he just wrapped his
big coat around him, and,
slipping
on the brocues, left the house
I sat !
up in the basket: and listened till they i
- i
were gone some minutes. Then, in a
costume as light as inv parent's, 1 et
ont after them 1 o watch the cruras of
the adventure. I thought tir tke a ;
feort et, al Be Wfon tec ; bat,
by had luck, 1 fell into a bog-hole,
and only escaped drowning by a
chance. As? it Via?, when I reached
the house, tho performance had al
ready begun.
I think I see the whole scene this
instant before my eye?, as 1 tat on a
little window, with on? pane, and that
a broken one, and :urvcyed the whole
proceed inn. It was a larcc room, at
one end of which was a bed and beside
it was a table with physic bottler, and
spoons, and teacup?. A little further
offwae another table, at which sat
Billy Scanlan, with all u:anner of
writing materials before him.
The country people sat two and
sometimes three deep round th?
walls, all iutently eager and anxious
for the comtns .event. Peter himself
went from place to place, trying to
smother his grief, and occasionally
helping the company to whisky, which
was supplied with more than accust
omed liberality.
All my consciousness of the deceit
and trickery could not deprive the
scene of a certain solemnity. The
misty distance of the half-lighted
room; the highly-wrought expres
sion of the country people's faces
never more intensely excited than at
some moment of this kind; the low,
deep-drawn breathings, unbroken fave
by a sigh or sob the tribute of affec
tionate sorrow to some lost friend,
whoes memory was Itliu? forcibly
brought back; these were all so real
that, as I looked, a thrilling eeuso of
awe stole over me, aud I actually
shook with fear.
A low, faint cough from tho dark
corner whero tie bed stood seemed to
cause even a deeper stillness; and
then, in a silence where tho buzzing of
a tly would havo been heard, my fath
er said :
"Where's Billy Scanlan !" I want
him to make my will."
"Ho's here, father!" said Peter,
taking Billy by the hand, and leading
him to the bedside.
"Write what I bid ye, Billy,' ami
be quick for I haven't a long time
afore me here. I dio n good Catho
lic, though- Father O'Raflerty won't
give me the rites 1"
A general chorus muttered, "Oh!
musha ! tnusha 1" was heard through
the room ; but whether in grief over
the sad fate of the dying man, or the
unflinching severity of the prieet,ia
hard to say.
'I die iu peace with all my neigh
bors and all mankind."
Another chorus of the company
seemed to approve these charitable
expressions.
"I bequeath unto my son Peter,
and never was there a better son or
a decentcr boy 1 Havo you that
down? I bequeath unto my son Pe
ter the whole of tny two farms of
Kiilimundoonery and Knocksheboora,
with the fellow meadows behind
Lynch's house, tho forge and right of
turf on theDoorac bog. I give him
and much good may it do him
Lanty Cassarn's acre, and Luany field
with the limekiln. And that reminds
me that my mouth is dry. Let me
tasto what ye have in the jug."
Here the dying man took a very hear
ty pull, and seemed considerably re
freshed by it.
"Where was I, Billy Scanlan?"
say3 he. "Oh, I remember at the
limekiln. I leave him that's Peter
I mean the two potato gardens at
Noonan's well ; and it is the elegant
fine crops that grow there 1"
"Ain't you getting wake, father,
darlin ?" saj's Peter, who began to be
afraid of my father's loquacioasnosa
for to say the truth, the punch got
into his head, and he wa greatly
disposed to talk.
"I am, Peter, my son," says he
"I am getting wake. Ah, Peter!
Peter! you watered the drink !"
"No, indeed, father! Bnt it's
the taste is Iavin' you!" sass Peter;
and ogain a low chorus of compassion
ate pity murmured throagS tht wide
cabin.
"Well, I'm nearly done, bow,"
says my father. 'There'a only one
little spot of ground remaimnjr, and
I put it on you, Peter, as yo wish to
live a good man, and die with the
same easy heart as I do now thafye
mind my last words to ye here. Are
tbe Beighbors listening? la Billy
Scanlan listening ?"
"Yes sir! Ye, father, we're all
minding," chorused the audience.
"Well, then, it3 a7 kat will and
testament, and may si?e me over
the jug" here he took a long drink
"and may that blessed liquor be a
poison to me if I as not is eager
about thia as every other part of the
will! I fay, then, I bequeath the
little plot at tts cross-roads to poor
Con Cregan for he has a heavy
charge, end is as honest and a hard- j
workin? a man as I ever .knew. Be a
frknd to hia, Peter, deer ! Never
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let him want while ye have it yourself, j
Think of me ob my deathbed wass-
ever ha a3ks vou for any triSa J la it I
down, Bil-Ssanhw I-jr two acres
it tfeeroto CW
ad bk
NO 2a
heir forever! Ah! blessed to the
atnts! but I fuel my heart grow
lighter after that ?" .vsys he. A good
work makes an easy conscience. And
now I'll drink the company's good
health, and many happy returns
returns
What he goin to add, there'
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no sayinj ; out i ciur, wm
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frrtW
terribly frightened at tho lively tone
pj
tn
the sick man was assuming, hum
all tho people into another room to
let hb father dio ipcaco.
When tbey were all gone, Peter
slipped back to my father, who wtu
putting on hi broguns in a corner.
"Con." saya he, "ye did it all well.
But sure that wad a joke about the
two acres at the cro3?"
"Of course it was, Peter," says he.
"Sure it was all a joke, for the matter
of that! Won't I make tho neigh
bors laugh hearty, to-morrow; -when-1-tell
them all about it?"
"What!" exclaimed Peter, in
amazement. " Tell 'em all about
it?"
"Faith! and why shouldn't I?" re
turned my father, duly.
"You wouldn't bo mean enough to
betray me?" says Peter, trctublt' ,
with fright.
"Sure, yc wouldu't be mean enough
to go against yer father's dying
wonb ?"?aya my father "tho last
word he ever poko ?" And here ho
gave a low, wicked laujrh that made
me shako with fear.
"Very well, Con," says Peter, hold
ing out his band, "a bargain's a bar
gaiu. Yer a deep fclloy, that's all!"
Father only chuckled a little at thL,
but said nothing. And t$o it ended,
and my father slipped quietly over the
log, mighty well satisfied with the
legacy he left himself. Aud thus we
became tho ownera of the little spot
known to this day as Con's Aero.
To secure a rcsu't Lock it up.
A matter of course A horse race.
Nu unfortunate trader looks so
down in the mouth as a dentist.
If speech is silver and silenco gold,
how much is a dumb man worth?
A physiciun advised a patient "to
take a walk on an empty stomach."
"Whose stomach?" feebly adced the
patient.
"What's tho difcrance between
mice that have been eating grccabacks
and the empties of Paulr ' luey ai
MtirscripchewelF'
The G ardher ( Slain) Journal Bayr
therc is a store in that place in which
a frkull is kept on the counter marked
"Tub man was a drummer Beware!"
"What station do you call this?'
snid a man, as he crawled out of the
debris of a railroad smash-up. ''De
vastation," replied the urbane con
ductor. "Well Pat, Jim didn't quite kill
you with the brickbat, did ho?" No;
but I wish he had." "Why so?" "So
that I could have seen him hung, tho
villain,"
RKHVOMnv
An editor relates how a colored
barber made a dead head of him. lie
ofTered him the u;ual dime for shar
ing, when tho follow drew him-self up
with considerable pomposity, and
said :
"I understand dat you 13 an edi
tor." "Well, what of it?" says we.
' We nebcr charge editors nuRin."
"But my worthy friend," we conti
nued, "There arc a good many editor?
traveling nowadays, and such liberality
on your part would prove a ruinou
business."
"Oh! nebcr mini," remarked the
barber, "vre make ic up off do gem
men." An EnglbU teacher, enjoining upon
the membera of a training class their
duty of giving to children bright and
happy thoughts of religion, used tab
illustration of tho danger of the op
posite course : He aid a little girl
was once asking her elder sbter about
heaven.
"Do the7pk7 in heaven?" she in
quired. "No j thry do not pby thsre."
What do they do?"
They sing and arc good."
"Are there no toys the're?"
"No, not any."
"No dolls, Bor balls, aor Noah's
arks?"
"Oh, no J"
"Then," said the little one, "I shall
take my dolly and go to helL" The
speaker said he rather liked Luther's j
idea of heaven, and referred to h
ktter to hb son, 10 whbk he told off
the boy3 and girls who play aboat the
golden streets and have pcajtaf ind
horses to ride pon.
The f lang of Msrfc Twaiir1 ew
pby has reached Korrbtowu. A gen
tleman returned a pound of cheese he
had bcufbscf grocer, with the re
mark that it was too lively forhb zss.
The grocar, aysawhat oSeaied er-
a8iiad kia ckeefey and re?Ued thai it f
was worth a$ much a ay othsr
f&t&C.
4eY' rstsratdtlw ewteM
atsr "there's mSSom k:"
J
man psiu 5b rt y!j;!-o BaUidcre.5
fctr &ys sc, iDritcd & hM
acqnainunco tc visit a theatre wittt
him. They W accepted the inttta.
tion, and tho year man, following
ths crowd, walked up to the ticket
otece, laid down a fifty cent n&s Cot
hw ticket, and tnrntng to hb compan
ion, said to her: "Tho prie b Sftf
cent." The bdy happnd U havd
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Droebtinc the situation, drew frara u
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a nity cent not?, anl ucr gallon; wri
I pinion pavKsd it iu with hi ow
I money, and obtainbe iwo tickets,
Landed one of them to her, whioh sho
quietly accepted and juasd to rtftfcr
her rural Ixsaa.
: OH IfcStfaser's S2ji?aJ5a: Trith ths"
From th Columbus JournU J
Gld McStinger was going to bed I . "
I little wavy thu other night, and r.0T
wishing t.f duturb Mr. Mctitfgcts
whb has . tonUUQ'Uko rtratnihrcr -he
thought it ju-t ai wall not to turn
on the gas. ih got alons very well
until he reached the door of the cham
ber whoro his patient wifu by sbHng.
Here he paused a tnommt, htkfuJfj
on his heels like a pole on a jujri
nose. Then he male u d.tdi fbr it, iu
order to make a bee lino aero the
floor. Sirs. McStinger, with her u-m
ul exemplar' fortitude, had placed the
roukingohair with snob gifted sivil!
that no man could eoiuo into the room
without running over it ; so tho hwt
thing he knew McStimjer itubhod Wi
toe nail off againt tho rocker, which
kuoskc 1 the seat against tho craiy
bone of hb knee, and undo ono of the
bng arms prod him in the ttomash.
Simultaneously ho fil over tha chair
crosswise, and it kicked htm behind
his back before ho could got up from
the floor as he ?tood on nil fours. The
cniragcuwnt wai now fully oponed.
Whon a man begins fulling over a
rocking-chair in a dark room ha ought
always to Imvo three days rations and
forty roundi. Iicforo McStinjicr could
get up straight hb knee came dcr?n on
ono of the Ioor roeker3 Iwhwid," and
the back of tho chair camo down on
hb head with a whack that laid hint
out flat on the floor; and before ho
could move, tho chair kicked bim
three times in the teiubrost part of
hb rib?, with the sharp end of th
rocker. Thin mado him perfectly
furioiH, nnd he scrambled up and
mado a blind rush at th chair, dar
mined to b!A up tliehiy's 'w&
Tiei iftiare?i44HJMt
I. it rocked forward with him, turning
complete fornersault ovur the handUs,
throwing McStingcr half way acrow
the room and landing 00 top of bim,
digging iuto hb abdotcon like n !tYS
hum, as ho by spread out 011 tlio
under side. It would havo bctJtt a
good thing for McStiBsr if he bid
laid btill then and lot tho chair b&vo
iu own way. It by fiat on it. back,
with the long points of the rookew
embracing hb abJomcn, and didn't
seim to want to do any thiug acttvo
jut then. But TdcStingor oouldu't
make up hi mind to givo it up yot.
He rolM over jddcvnjs and upset the
chair. It foil with a cnub on 1U side,
giving him a furiout dig in the liver
which made him straight-if out hb
legs spasmodically, barking one hiu
from the instep to the kneo on tho
rocker which hung in tho air, and set
ting tho chair on it? feet again, wb'Sftf
it stood rocking backward an3 forward
at him, like a wary old ram making
feints of butting ita adversary, in order
to throw him off hb guard. The
blow in the side nearly Ribbed Mflr
Stinger, an 1 while' lying tlwrot rubbing
hb wind back again, ho wai jttit be
ginning to reflect vrhetber hb honor
required him to proceed any further
in tbe affair, when Mr. McStinger
suddenly began sera ining nil tho"
names in the crimc3 act, under the
irnpresiicn that the Charley Rose ab
ductors were trying to commit a burg
lary, bigamy, robbary ami every tbtosr.
cbo on her. Up to thb time she had
besn spe35hb with terror, and had
lain there trembling, shedding perspir
ation and rxcujcuUtics thrickia
power, until ahe had serine! the
screaming capacity of a csmcl-beck
engine. Sho had jurt reackoi htr
third zforzando fjrtutimo acctteran?e
end was beginning to" wonder wbeihW
there rcasly was a Ged ia lirsscl, whea
old 3IcStinger succeeded in tting to
Lia feet Oftce more and became dimly
vuible to Jlrj. 3IcStinger. With o
Iut wiM partigg shriek she opfctf
from the bed and made a '&k for th
door, near whbh tlio rocking -chair
still stood semadag the whob uairers
with a butting wtlcfn. Sir. Jf
Siicger bad no tins? for investbaiios
jat than, asd she pi&hed into aa4
over tke racking chair and cbar we
down stairs, the chair aftr her, tifrC"
bgoveraad ovw, aed kbkg Hm
3&S'isger ever?" bamp sotll thtj Uotfe
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